Laura Newman
I am a medical journalist and blogger. My stories have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and on the web. In Patient POV, I strive to bring the same rigor to telling stories about patients that I have shown in my previous work, which has featured research scientists and physicians.
Laura can be found on Twitter as @lauranewmanny.
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Patient POV’s Best of 2011
Tweet Here’s my “best of 2011″ Patient POV, based on discussion, feedback, and commentary from readers and bloggers. 1. Writing About Alzheimer’s and Dementia Gets Complicated. Be careful what you wish for: do we want more people screened for Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
Heading Into Flu Season, Vaccination Rates Could Be Better
Tweet Flu vaccination rates jumped up after the H1N1 flu epidemic in 2002, and it is no wonder: young people, seemingly healthy with strong immune systems, and many more, succumbed to the flu. Deaths, respiratory distress, and coma had a … Continue reading
Posted in infectious disease
Tagged 1918 flu pandemic, flu, H1N1, pregnant women, science-based medicine
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Terminology Matters: Let’s Not Call It “Prostate Cancer”
Tweet If ever there was a bombshell at a National Institutes of Health Consensus Development meeting, it happened today at the panel on active surveillance for prostate cancer. The Panel said that terminology matters and that men who have PSA … Continue reading